I have been getting slightly frustrated with my lack of sucess with my mce install so am going to take a break for a few months and come back to mce after that. Sad but true, i need something that meets my needs now and mce just inst there yet for me.

I have been working on a newbies install guide / MCE usermanual for a while (in between reinstalls). It is not finished but i think if finished it would add real value to the project. Linked is my first draft, or at least as far as i have got with it so I am hoping someone else will pick up the document and complete it.

Thanks to everyone that helped me with my setup, I just need a break as frustration was making moves forward difficult.

No problem, i hope someone gets chance to finish it. I am just having a break, i will be back. Im giving mythbuntu a try for a bit, its alot more simple and until i need HA meets most of my needs. Once i get into a position of needing HA then i will be back with MCE, and I am sure most of my problems will have been ironed out by then.

I can understand you. I am also trying to get an stable working and smooth replay/LiveTV system up and running. I have now tried for months and I am not really sattisfied yet

At the moment I am trying 0810 alpha with MythTV and VDPAU. Picture quality is really good, but some error keeps (I assume) killing mythtv as soon as I am entering the MythTV Main menu. More on that later today.